Different Gates on Boomerangs

Holy crap, someone on this site actually agrees with me for oncce...;)

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If your 7 or 8 are u old enough to ride a boomerang or another ride that goes back through the station.

As far as I know, there are never any age requirements for coasters. Just height requirements, and I have seen 2nd graders that are 56 inches tall. Yes, it is rare, but it does happen. Plus, there are mentally handicap people and stuff, so gates are definilty neccesarry for almost all coasters I think.

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As far as gates on boomerangs go, someone said something similar before, but I felt like I was in prison waiting in line for Two Face at SFA. Not like it really mattered, I got a laugh out of it actually, SAFETY FIRST =)

From experience, I can say that gates are way better than chains. Imagine asking ten rows of people to pull up the chains every cylce, or doing it yourself. It Sucks. Even if they do slow loading times, it is less of a headache for the ride op, who already has enough going on.

A lot of people are saying it is like prison, but from the ride ops view it is like herding cattle. The gates open and the bovine goes through.

When I grow up I'm going to Bovine University ;)

The final wait for Two Face at SFA does feel a little like you are in jail, but like you I find to feeling almost humorous.

*** This post was edited by Jim Fisher on 3/17/2002. ***

if someone was that determined to jump the tracks a gate won't stop them. Also, i have never heard of someone getting hit by a train in the station. I agree, if someone is tall enough to ride a coaster by themself they should know not to go in front of a coaster. IQ tests should not be necissary to ride a roller coaster!

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eh hem.....someone got hit in the station on Boulder Dash if I'm not mistaken....

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I *never* ran into a busy street after some stupid toy. I didn't even cross the side street that I lived on without looking both ways. so, again, I say that if the kid isn't smart enough to look for something coming or ask his/her parent to get the ball then they deserve what they get. and the parents should take a few lessons in watching their kids.

did I do stupid things when I was a kid? hell yes, but I never put myself in front of a large, fast moving object.

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It seems like a common sense issue to grown kids, but young kids don't know the difference. You never ran in the middle of the street because your parents constantly told you not to. Street safety is a lecture that every kid has to go through. But when your at a park you don't get a lecture about not running ino the tracks. And a 7 or 8 year old kid may not know how a boomerang works, never the less that it even comes back through the station at 55mph.

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Well jedi, I hope you are watching closely when you are driving thru neighborhoods, because if it hasnt happened already, I'm GUARN-DAMN-TEE if you live long enough SOME kid will dart out in front of you.

First rule of driving: A bouncing ball is ALWAYS accompanied by somebody's child.
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Glenn said:
eh hem.....someone got hit in the station on Boulder Dash if I'm not mistaken....
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that would be a stupid maintenence worker who was cleaning under the ride during testing...."accidentaly"

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Most Disneyland rides still dont have gates. They rely on the employees to keep people back. The employees on Indy actually use thier body to block all three rows.

On the other hand, they also dont check restraints....hmmmm

The strange thing about SFGAm is on Deja Vu, they have the giant Vekoma gates, and on V2, it's only waist high gates. Not that 5 mph would make much difference (being hit by something moving as fast as those things do would kill you), why would the faster one have less secure gates?

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I'm not sure, but I would venture a guess to the idea of the width of the train. DV's trains are much wider than V2's, but that really wouldn't make a difference.

Either way, you aren't going to be able to get over the gates unless you really want to. Although I must admit that I am impressed by CP and rides such as Raptor and Gemini, which do not have any gate system at all. Nice to know that they trust the general public.

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I really wish that guy didn't get decapitated that day because I didn't get to ride Boulder Dash with my school. He was weed whacking under the ride and didn't hear the train...supposedly;)

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Calling someone stupid who died shows who ignorant you are. Did SFNE Freak or Hurricane Geuga ever bother to read the multiple articles blaming the park for the accident, not the worker? The coaster should've never been operating when he was working. You are both showing how shallow you are. You can go to that park anytime you want and ride Boulder Dash. That worker is NEVER coming back. Coasterjedi, I would expect nothing better from someone your age. It's high time that we stop blaming every accident on the rider or worker, because. Accidents are sometimes the fault of the parks.
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The word "definitely" is definitely the most misspelled word on the buzz.

*** This post was edited by Intamin Fan on 3/19/2002. ***

They also did an in depth report showing how the ride ops and other workers are not trained properly.

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